Today on the podcast we are talking about book reviews, specifically, 5-star reviews, as Rachel and I ask and answer:
“What’s Your Criteria To Rate Books 5 Stars?”
Episode 240
What We Cover:
- Rachel’s criteria for 5-star reviews
- Ari’s criteria for 5-star reviews
- Comfort books
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A good topic. I used to be very stingy with 5 star reviews but I have come to realize if the book entertained me, was almost error free and I understood the characters, the author did what they were supposed to do and they get 5 stars. The book will lose points if there are many errors, the characters lack dimension, it’s poorly written and I was bored. I hate waiting for something to happen and it never does. Books that make you cry are certainly a good example of 5 star worthiness. For me it was Old Yeller, Black Beauty and Little Women as a child. The Winter Pony and The Bridges of Maddison County as an adult. (and many more, it doesn’t take much to make me cry.)
I know what you mean about books that make you cry. If a book can hit me in the heart that much, then it’s definitely a 5-star worthy. I love Black Beauty. Books that made me cry were The Fox Cub Bold, Watership Down, Plague Dogs to name a few (I always end up crying with books about animals)
Animals will do it ever time! Recently I read Little Foxes by Michael Morpurgo which had me in tears.